September Plotting Post

[bayhelpers]

⋆✩ plotting post ✩⋆

MEMBER & GUILD RANKING

New quests are released! Sign-ups will open officially on the 3rd of this month, so until then, here's a plotting post for you all to get your Duckletts in a row! Before we hop right into things, though, here are the tallies from total quest points!

Click here for the rankings!

⟡ MEMBER RANKING
ICly, Rankings will show the points earned of all Pokemon in guilds, including NPC Pokemon not listed here OOCly. We didn't list guild leaders this time, but might in the future for fun. Keep in mind that quests available to player characters are not the entire pool of quests, and that some are likely snatched up before they can get to them regularly, which is how points vary and how some guilds pull ahead even without much player help. However, over time, player points will certainly affect the standing of guilds! Without further ado, here are the characters in ranking order by guild:

Oran Berries
Akechi 3050 points *
Shoka 2400 points
Emmet 2200 points
Ingo 1900 points
Ren 1700 points
A.B.A 1050 points
Flamebringer 950 points
Sanji 900 points
Bigby 850 points
Conrad 850 points
Akari 800 points
Umemiya 450 points
Noelle 350 points
(* Akechi has earned an upgrade to mid-tier housing!)

Cheri Berries
Siffrin 2250 points *
Laios 2050 points
Guilmon 1650 points
Firoza 1400 points
Flowey 1400 points
Archnemon 500 points
(* OOCly, Siffrin (ISAT) has 350 points and Siffrin (SA) has 1900 points, but ICly they were mixed up and their points were pooled together.)

Lum Berries
Emporio 2800 points *
Anasui 2600 points *
Perrin 1050 points
Akira 850 points
Ring-Spirit 850 points
Chara 250 points
(* Emporio and Anasui have earned an upgrade to mid-tier housing!)

Congratulations to Akechi, Emporio, and Anasui, for achieving the next tier of accommodation! You are free to assume at any time during the month, that your Guild Leader has approached you with an offer to move to Middle Tier Housing; as this is an optional upgrade, you are also free to remain in Lower Tier Housing instead.

⟡ GUILD RANKING
And of course, posted everywhere is the guild ranking.

1. Lum Berries
2. Oran Berries
3. Cheri Berries

AVAILABLE QUESTS

Click here to see all the available quests!

SCHOLASTIC DECISIONS
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Polteageist
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

Now that we’ve uncovered these new regions surrounding the Outpost, it’s vital that we do our part to record the unique features of each region in full detail. I will be sending various specialized Pokemon Scholars out from the Bay- and each will require a team of bodyguards to best do their work unimpeded.

Do this, and you will be rewarded quite appropriately for your efforts.

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: Some helpful advice from the escorted scholar.

TOEDALLY MISSING
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Vibrava
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I think Politoed is in danger! They went out on a quest near Death Blood Murder Skull Town a couple of days ago but haven't returned, so I'm really worried. Maybe they got distracted by the new Outpost? Can someone please go try to find them?

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Parasol

BEA-VERY CHILLED
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Gumshoos
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I think Bidoof has run away! They went out on a quest near Icefall Lake a couple of days ago but haven't returned, so I'm really worried. Their fur just isn’t meant for that weather. Can someone please go try to find them?

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Scarf

AS A CORSOL-ING RIVER
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Tynamo
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I think Corsola is in danger! They went out on a quest to Heavy Downmoor a couple of days ago but haven't returned, so I'm really worried. They might not be Water Type, but it’s still dangerous! Can someone please go try to find them?

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Rain Hat

SHIELDING QUESTIONS
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Falinks
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I lost my very important Ability Shield! Please help me find it! The last time I saw it, I was marching South with my cohort… We travelled a long way, so talk to my cohort about it! I'll give a reward to anyone who can find it!

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Random Berry

NO PAIN NO GRAIN
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Ribombee
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

As a new outpost, it is vital we properly supply ourselves. Right now, we're in need of berries and grains from the Outpost fields. Accepting anyone and everyone who can help gather and transport some.

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No.

A DOUR STRUGGLE
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Mightyena
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

As a new outpost, our borders beyond the forest aren’t yet defined, and there are Pokemon attacking the workers. In particular, Houndour have been spotted. It’s time to chase them off!

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No.

LOCATION VOTE RESULTS!

As promised, we’ve tallied the IC Vote on our new Location Names. The Locations Page will be updated with these names after further exploration has been made to better understand these regions, but until then Pokemon have been invited to spread awareness of the following locations - both old and new. Note: For locations where no suggested names were offered, the Mods have created new names themselves!

SPECTRUNK FOREST - Name suggested by Narciso Anasui. Due to their nature to blend together once inside, this is the collective name for the woods containing the following:

⟡ The Sporest’s Troop - Commonly referred to as the ‘North Forest’, situated against the Canopy toward the middle crescent of Bottlecap Bay.
⟡ The Gravebone Woods - Commonly referred to as the ‘Middle Forest’, situated along the south crescent of Bottlecap Bay to the ‘North’s immediate west side.
⟡ The Hallowed Cemetree - Commonly referred to as the ‘South Forest’, situated at the farthest forested end of Bottlecap Bay’s crescent, west of the ‘Middle’.

CROWNCORK VALLEY - Name repurposed from Firoza’s submission. All three portions of Spectrunk Forest exit into this large plain, now known as Crowncork Valley. By popular vote, the Outpost constructed there is henceforth known as Death Blood Murder Skull Town, courtesy of our very own Flowey! While it seems Mightyena eagerly prepared the full name for use, with Polteageist reportedly agreeing in amusement, Ribombee has insisted on shortening this name to ‘something manageable’ for the maps. It will therefore be listed more often as ‘Skull Town’. (Other characters may spot Flowey doing an evil laugh, when he realizes that his suggestion got picked.)

There are now three regions accessed from this Outpost, known by the following names:

⟡ Furnace Mountain - Name suggested by Flamebringer. Located toward the forest’s exit, in a ‘northern’ direction. Revealed to be a shield volcano.
⟡ Heavy Downmoor - Name suggested by Siffrin. Located south-east from the Furnace Mountain, as the ‘middle’ option. Revealed to contain a mountainous flood basin.
⟡ Icefall Lake - Name suggested by Narciso Anasui. Located due south from the forest’s exit and the outpost itself. Revealed to be a mountain sheltered frozen lake.

LET'S GET PLOTTING

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Your handle
ABOUT: Tell us a little about yourself.
CONTACT: How do you prefer to be contacted?

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Character name
CANON: Canon, or Original if an OC
POKEMON: The Pokemon they ended up as, and if they're shiny or a regional variant!
GUILD: Represent your new home! Feel free to change the hex #f29923 to your guild hex color, if you want.
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Link your info/permissions post and any other relevant posts (opt-outs, etc) here!

ABOUT:

Give us a little blurb about your character here!

PLANS:

Talk about goals, plans, things you're interested in, quests you want to sign up for, etc!

ANYTHING ELSE: Extra pictures, memes, or other little tidbits you want to add can go here.

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Comments

QUESTIONS

[bayhelpers]

[truthdecided]

If a character unlocks mid-tier housing, can they bring a lower ranked guild member with them? Akechi would wanna drag Ren along. They are partners and RIVALS.

[fromsprouts]

Say, for the sake of argument, that someone wanted to start a garden at the outpost for winter vegetables (broccoli, kale, cabbage--a lot of brassicas do well as long as they get some sun during the winter). How would they go about getting permission, securing space, and making that project happen? After all, we've got a quest about making food happen...

Ume could even use Life Dew to see if it'd help with growing the plonts.

Emporio Alniño

[seacub]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Usagi
ABOUT: Full time nights worker in the EST- I tag when I can, I plurk sparingly about game stuff, and if you have me on discord nothing will save you from the midnight chatter. I love Pokemon (duh), JJBA (also duh), and a pile of other fandoms that you may or may not figure out!
CONTACT: usagisquared @ discord, or usagisquared

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Emporio Alniño
CANON: JJBA: Stone Ocean
POKEMON: Cubone (No Helmet On)
GUILD: Lum
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!

ABOUT:

Saddest lad of all, but he's hiding it well these days! Partly because he's not just sad anymore. Emporio has settled in marevllously in Bottlecap Bay, picking up 'being a Pokemon' like a Ducklett to water! He often does small shifts at the clinic, as he's been occasionally studying under Dedenne, but he also does lots of reading in the Archives- and a lot of quests too. That said, he does know how to relax! ...Even if reading counts as that for him.

PLANS:

IT'S MOVING DAY APPARENTLY ! As usual I'm gonna be excitedly anticipating the TDM (though sadly, to anyone waiting on Dollman, I think I'm gonna have to stick to one muse for Bottlecap for a bit...)- but in addition to that, I'll probably make a post in a few days featuring moving day! Emporio doesn't have a WHOLE lot of use for mid-tier housing, but with Anasui insisting on sharing space, it is to his benefit to go for the next rung up.

Plus, it helps give him an idea of what to think about for the day he eventually really gets his own house.

Beyond that, I'd love to join someone on a rescue quest, and DEFINITELY for a scholars quest! Really, he'll probably be doing everything again, but those are the two that I'd want to make threads for.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[friendlyflower]

maybe scholar quest together, if you want? O:

[wovensecrets]

points toward current adventuring!! and of course any followup conversations that may happen afterward and enforced recovery break. Maybe a potential scholar quest?

[quirkynote]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Merlot
ABOUT: I'm just a girl who loves corgis.
CONTACT: Gesomon

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: A.B.A
CANON: Guilty Gear
POKEMON: Silvally✨
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here

ABOUT:

A.B.A is a homunculus whose creator got kidnapped by the military before she had a chance to wake up. Left alone, locked up in his mansion, A.B.A spent the first ten years of her life in solitude. As you can imagine, this has made her socially awkward and very fearful. To counteract this, A.B.A acts authoritative and belligerent to give off the impression that she knows what she's doing, but thankfully she's not as aggressive as she usually is thanks to Pokémon being so small and cute. A.B.A's isolation has given her an intense fascination with keys, as she sees them as symbols of freedom and tools to expand one's world. A.B.A loves keys so much that she's fallen obsessively in love with a demon axe who resembles one, and she affectionately named him after her creator, Paracelsus. She's also recently become obsessed with the color blue, specifically the blue of the sea.

Despite the horrors, A.B.A is thriving as a Pokémon. She misses her husband severely, but she has so many friends now. She isn't really...used to it, but she's hoping to take the lessons she learns here and apply them back home when she eventually reunites with Paracelsus. Which is a thing she's absolutely convinced that'll happen.

PLANS:

This month I'll be moving, so I might be slow! With that in mind, I am open to every and all handwaved opportunities, and then maybe thread out something nice and easy. That said, I love tdm months so it's likely I'll be all over that anyway lol. Who needs to pack when I can inflect confused newbies with an angry homunculus?!

ANYTHING ELSE:

[truthdecided]

Clearly, A.B.A. needs to absorb the idea that enemies can cease being enemies more...

Just look how insufferably gay Ren and Akechi are. Do not eat the orb.

[bladeofnymeia]

Maybe Firoza and A.B.A. can do a light quest together? We can drag someone else along if we need to!

[shotinhead]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Kururu
ABOUT: your fave shsl ivalice, who is. demi-dreading cosmic exploration in ffxiv soon! also am getting pc upgraded next month!!! :D :D A slow tagger, but somebody who's doing her best.
CONTACT: shslivalice @ plurk, dodola @ discord.

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Courier Six (Perrin)
CANON: Fallout: New Vegas
POKEMON: Dragonite
GUILD: Lum.
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!

ABOUT:

Our favorite gay bipolar bitch, Courier Six - Perrin - is still in the middle of a crash. But he's beginning to finally open up a little more again, beginning to try and make some allies. He still has misgivings about a lot of things, and he finds himself keeping it to himself a lot, but. He's slowly climbing out of the crash! Let's just hope his mania isn't... too much. He's the sort to watch the others and just find his part. He's also opening up the tiniest bit.

He's also nursing slight injuries from last month, alongside. The Thoughts.

PLANS:

I do hope to touch base with other Lum Berries, because Courier Six is having that feeling he's isolated from them - and he wonders if it's his fault, or just how things are. he's seen all that power of friendship and comradery a lot of other guildmates have with their guildmates and won't admit he's jealous, but...! I'd also like to claim Toedally Missing - I feel that Courier Six is spending a lot of time working on the Outpost, feeling more in his element. He'll also be up for joining in Scholastic Decisions to learn more about what is around, alongside No Pain, No Grain. I think one thing which will be visible from him is that he is concerned about the Houndour and other Pokemon from outside growing aggressive, and others who may see this as their territory. For are they taking it from them?

But mostly, I'm looking forward to the TDM.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[truthdecided]

Wanna team up with Ren and Akechi for Toedally Missing? O: We were eyeing that one, too.

Ren Amamiya

[colorsflyinghigh]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Cha
ABOUT: I'm a disabled farmer who loves persona 5 and pokemon, PMD in particular. I'm a simple man-- but also a perpetually exhausted one, rip
CONTACT: cha0136 on discord OR my OOC inbox

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Ren Amamiya
CANON: Persona 5 Royal
POKEMON: Sprigatito
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!

ABOUT:

Welcome to protagonist town, on your left we have Ren Amamiya, dumb idiot who keeps all his problems to himself while breaking his back to help others... oops! He's the (former) leader of the Phantom Thieves, a vigilante group who stood up to those who couldn't (or wouldn't) be punished by the regular justice system. He's got a very strong moral compass that may err a little on the grey side. He also probably doesn't worry enough about his own health, as stated above. He can appear very nice and respectful to authority... but at the same time, his morals won't let him just stand by and watch if he feels there is something going wrong, or authority being abused.

Also, he's rather reckless, when it comes down to it. Showy, sarcastic and reckless. He blends into the background as easily as he comes to the foreground when he wants it. All in all, he can wear many masks, and adjust himself/his behavior depending on who he's talking to, and what he wants.

PLANS:

Having mostly recovered from his coma, Ren is ready to rumble once again! With the okay from Dr. Denne, Ren is once again allowed to do more heavy missions, and boy is he excited about it. Sure, everyone's probably still keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't overdo it... but he's eager to help out.

He's definitely interested in Toadally Missing. A somewhat more difficult quest near the outpost should be a good warmup. He's also interested in Scholastic Decisions. Ren hasn't had much of a chance to explore beyond the outpost, and playing bodyguard to the scholars exploring the nearby area seems like a good way to see the sights... though it might be a bit more boring than he's imagining.

Finally, he's also interested in Shielding Questions and A Dour Struggle. For the latter, while he is a grass type, he's also fully aware that his Protean ability would easily provide him with a resistance to dark.

Mostly, he's just ready to DO STUFF again! Albeit with more limits than he's used to...

ANYTHING ELSE:

[truthdecided]

I think our lads should do nerdy scholarly questing together...

Open to other stuff, but Akechi 100% wants to do the scholar stuff. He can probably join the team for Toedally Missing, too? Was leaning that one for him, anyway. But 100% open to more peeps if you are!

Mega

[truthdecided]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Mega (or Dorked)
ABOUT: I am a big nerd who loves cats, feeding crows, video games, animation, musicals, and many nerdy things. I have ADHD and GAD, so sometimes my brain is in a perpetual state of screeching (I am working on it xD). I also am a Youtuber, have an Undertale webcomic, and am currently writing an absurdly long Persona fic.
CONTACT: Dorked, dorked @ Discord, or PM!

Goro Akechi | Persona 5 Royal

[truthdecided]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Goro Akechi
CANON: Persona 5 Royal
POKEMON: Rookidee
GUILD: Oran Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: here!

ABOUT:

Do you like traumatized teenagers who make poor life choices? Then do I have news for you!

Goro Akechi suffered an awful life due to societal stigmas against illegitimate children and the children of sex workers, made worse by his mother's death and years cycling through orphanages and neglectful foster homes. Eventually he awakened a power he barely understood and, jaded by a life of pain, decided to hatch a stupid revenge plan against his father that led to him effectively being a child assassin masquerading as a prettyboy detective. Fun!

Akechi has since dropped his "detective prince" mask and is now a very jaded, aloof, and serious person who is still fiercely determined to prove himself, uncover the mysteries of this world.

Now that Ren's awake again, he's in higher spirits, but is still somewhat on edge due to the other coma patients (e.g. Firepaw). Additionally, he's still trying to make sense of all these weather-based anomalies and mysteries. The trip to Furnace Mountain was especially enlightening to him. I may have him do a network post to discuss everything and try to draw conclusions among the other exploration groups.

PLANS:

QUESTS! I'd like for him to take on Scholastic Decisions for sure, as that's right up his alley. Additionally, he'll definitely wanna do one of the limiteed quests. Toedally Missing or As a Corsol-ing River are probably the safest bets, as ice and birds do not go together.

Additionally, I am absolutely open to Shielding Questions, A Dour Struggle, and No Pain No Grain.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[hundredeyesoni]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Omega
ABOUT: Just some pokemon and youkai nerd. I'm in EST with pretty bad wifi at work, so availability tends to force my tagging to be on the slower side.
CONTACT: Discord (goldbyakko) / numeiru
Not getting email notifs lately, so plotting is best on discord!

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Akira Takahashi
CANON: A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School (Yohaji)
POKEMON: Slowking
GUILD: Lum Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Game Specific / Full Info/Opt-Out

ABOUT:

A perpetually cheerful youkai doctor and veterinarian, who does his absolute best to be as kind and helpful to others as possible! He already owned multiple hospitals back in his own world, and now he spends most of his time supporting the clinic.

But while he genuinely means well, Akira severely lacks any empathy or understanding of what's wrong or right. On top of that, he can lose control when he's too excited, willing to do whatever it takes to sate his desire for knowledge. His best friend gave him a few rules to follow that have worked as a moral compass so far, so he just has to learn how to apply them to living as a Pokemon too.

PLANS:

I can see the most IC interest in Scholastic Decisions for the obvious chance of learning and A Dour Struggle for the Water > Fire type advantage, but the reality is Akira will happily go along with anything!

He'll be looking to help out in the new clinic during any downtime, and being a light month, I'd love to use this time to catch up on any follow-up interactions from August's quests etc too. Come at me with whatever!

ANYTHING ELSE:
The usual bringing Akira anywhere experience tbh

[dripdrive]

Im doing Scholastic with other people but I'm totally down to do a dour struggle with Akira! It's been a while since these freaks interacted (affectionate)

[fromsprouts]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Solstice
ABOUT: Mid 30s, Navy veteran, agender butch faygele. First Pokemon game was Blue on the original Gameboy. First partner was a Venasaur named Denise.
CONTACT: darkersolstice on plurk, Discord, tumblr, Unsplash, Pokemon Go and in that one dream you have about failing high school classes despite having graduated over a decade ago.

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Umemiya Hajime
CANON: Wind Breaker
POKEMON: Lucario
GUILD: Oran Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: here!

ABOUT:

Hey, chat! It's ya boy, Umemiya, teenage gang leader and vegetable fiend, turned into a Fighting/Steel type menace. Umemiya is settling into the Bay and starting to think about things more deeply. Like meat and vegetables and territory and quests. He had a good time meeting and training with folks, and now he's up for some easier quests to knock out. And some time chilling with the other Pokeymans.

PLANS:

The quests I'm most interested in finding partners for this month are Scholastic Decisions, A Dour Struggle, and No Pain, No Grain.

He might also actively get up to gardening this month, because this boy cannot stand to be without plonts.

And of course, I'll be all over the TDM. Though perhaps not only with Umemiya...

ANYTHING ELSE:

[colorsflyinghigh]

GARDENING!!! Ren will absolutely be joining him on that particular venture

Firoza Istus | Final Fantasy XIV (OC)

[bladeofnymeia]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Elaine
ABOUT: Writer working an accounting job with very hover-y upper management. RL is calming down considerably from a very hectic summer! I'm so relieved y'all have no fucking clue ;A;
CONTACT: jackabee

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Firoza Istus (WoL OC)
CANON: Final Fantasy XIV
POKEMON: Nidoran ♀️
GUILD: Cheri Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: owo here it is

ABOUT:

Firoza is my Warrior of Light from the critically acclaimed MMORPG etc etc, you know the meme. She's just finished up her cool summer vacation adventure in Dawntrail, so we're kind of on a renewing, healing sort of energy with our travels here. She's used to being a Paladin, aka a tank with some serious defensive capabilities...but I'm happy to say she's mostly adjusted to her new form and its limitations/abilities. Still works very hard not to poison anyone on accident, or push too hard in spars with her fellows (though she can absolutely get carried away if you push certain buttons). Her hobbies include weaving/sewing, enjoying some excellent bread, learning about new sword things, and helping people whosoever they might be. Even if they need you to collect or transport poop.

Final Fantasy XIV sure is a game.

She did a big explore helping with the latest expedition last month and will find herself in Crowncork Valley (HOLY SHIT THEY LIKED HER NAME???) as quests or friends might need, but I think she'll most likely be wheresoever new arrivals might be showing up this month.

PLANS:

Firoza will be working hard on those satchels she keeps wanting to make as well as sourcing new materials to make fabric from on her own, or with assistance. We're coming up on autumn, and winter will be right on its heels - and y'all need cloaks and hats! And those are easy, those she can make. ;3

BUT ALSO HEY, QUESTS? I'd love to do NO PAIN NO GRAIN because provisions for the outpost are very important to make sure we have, and A DOUR STRUGGLE might be fun if anyone wants to do some battle content...BEA-VERY CHILLED would also be a great one, since she went on one of the expeditions to the area...I promise she'll be properly bundled up this time asdfghjkl

ANYTHING ELSE: Have you seen my dumbass ginger son? Now you have:

[wovensecrets]

Hi there!

So I've been thinking... Fellow Cheris should probably have some kind of run in eventually aside from that awkward, pearl conversation - even though it's developing. natural empath meets transformed empath and all.

Although given the way emotions seem to be running in your B1 prompt, is Firoza up for a game tag of "so why did that pokemon nearby just fall asleep in the middle of whatever she was working on" in her current event top level?

(I mean, she probably isn't, but. You know. Fun!)

Bre

[dunchies]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Bre
ABOUT: PST. I typically try to tag late weeknights/weekends (and work breaks, corporate overlords willing), but feel free to give me a kick if I'm taking my damn sweet time on anything. I will backtag to infinity and beyond. Somehow, I now have two dog boys with daddy issues known for their abysmal reputations and eating very questionable things!!
CONTACT: esnupi | spacejams @ discord

Laios Touden

[dunchies]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Laios Touden
CANON: Dungeon Meshi / Delicious in Dungeon (manga)
POKEMON: Boltund
GUILD: Cheri
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here! Also an opt-out if you may want me to avoid manga spoilers; I generally try to keep them light regardless.

ABOUT:

[He would] have the stats that would normally make up a strong, well-rounded leader. However, his social skills are so lacking that it basically negates his other strengths... Which is to say, this boy ain't right! He has no social graces, is a little too stoked to be here, and tends to unnerve most people even back home. He is now a monster-obsessed-turned-Pokémon-fanatic, and he will be excited to try all the food Bottlecap Bay has to offer. Yes, that means everything. Wait, hold on, please don't go yet—

Laios has always struggled to fit in, but despite his experiences (or more likely because of them), he's far more kind and accepting than most would give him credit for. He may not know how to show it correctly, but he genuinely means well and holds every friendship he does manage to make very close to his heart.

Also. He has an impressive dog impersonation. He's very excited to show it off as an actual dog. Why wouldn't you want to be his friend because he's still an absolute weirdo, that's why.

PLANS:

Sudden realization that Laios has been going through it the past two months without talking about any of it. Between being called a bad boy, thinking he lost a chunk of his memories after crossover shenanigans with Flamebringer, and Firepaw and Lusamine both hitting the coma ward, he might be acting weirder than usual and not in a good way. Anyway, he's excited to be here! Isn't everything just great and normal on this fine day!

Also anyone know about a mystical steel horse and/or dinosaur Pokémon?

Now, for quests: I'm mainly thinking Scholastic Decisions (he loves those scholars!) and As A Corsol-ing River (he's familiar with that area!). He'd also be helpful with tracking on Shielding Questions, or alternatively A Dour Struggle, but he might get way too distracted by how cool Houndours are.

ANYTHING ELSE: ( x )

Andrea

[friendlyflower]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Andrea
ABOUT: PST-based office lady who replies on the clock when I can get away with it. I love roleplaying and I've been doing it since I was like 9 or 10 years old on the Neoboards. I also like gaming, reading, and writing. Gen 2 Pokemon is my favorite.
CONTACT: friendlyflower

Flowey | Undertale

[friendlyflower]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Flowey
CANON: Undertale
POKEMON: Sunkern
GUILD: Cheri
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Right here, pal!

ABOUT:

Flowey is a friendly flower and your new best friend who wants to help you!

He may have been brought back from a tragic and untimely end in a limbless, soulless form that left him unable to feel love, and he may have reset the timeline an unknowable amount of times until everyone around him felt like nothing but arbitrary lines of code, but it's fine don't worry about it.

Recently, he's been struggling because Lusamine and Firepaw are both in comas. At least they accepted his stupid outpost name suggestion. (See the current icon for his reaction when they found out.)

PLANS:

I really think Flowey is on the cusp of a breakthrough about how to become a better person. He's working on it in his Disco Elysium Thought Cabinet, right next to his ever-growing list of suspicions regarding the oddities of Bottlecap Bay and Guildmaster Ribombee.

I honestly don't have any major plans for him this month other than letting him bully welcome some new friends in the TDM. I think Scholastic Decisions would be fun since he would love some more 'helpful advice' (read: information to use in his conspiracies).

ANYTHING ELSE:

Shoka Sakurane

[telewarped]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Kibi
ABOUT: PST-based cavewoman. I love mean lady characters with tragic backstories.
CONTACT: kibikon or kibibarel @ Discord

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Shoka Sakurane
CANON: The World Ends with You
POKEMON: Mimikyu✨
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!

ABOUT:

Shoka is a snarky, rough-around-the-edges teen whose hobbies include mobile games, fashion, and pissing people off. In her world, Shoka was a Reaper in the Reaper's Game, a game for the recently deceased that offers players a chance at coming back to life. Now, she is the world's tiniest eldritch horror with a love for battling and a sewing hobby. Those willing to accept her spicy outer layer may find that she's actually a loyal friend and secretly cringe but you didn't hear it from me.

PLANS:

If my reward request gets approved, Shoka may at long last be obtaining a new disguise for herself sometime this month! She'll still be keeping her original Pikachu disguise around, but will be able to switch to this new Mr. Mew one whenever she pleases, much to her delight and the confusion of everyone else. What Pokémon even is that thing??

In contrast to the small mood boost this development will give her, she's still grappling with her pals Dark Heart and Firepaw being in drop comas, and also with the belief that she snapped + literally murdered someone during the last TDM (long story). If you catch her being a little more adverse to physical closeness than usual or cutting a sparring session unexpectedly short, this might be why. She may be an ex-death goddess who totally doesn't even care about any of you losers (← lying) but she just doesn't want to enter Berserk Mimikyu Mode and accidentally tear you asunder okay!?! ... WHO SAID THAT?!

Beyond playing around with these things, I don't have any concrete plans! Quest-wise, Scholastic Decisions, As A Corsol-ing River, and Bea-very Chilled look fun, but I'm down for Shoka joining any of this month's selection. HMU if you'd like an annoying quippy ghost teammate for anything!

ANYTHING ELSE:

[holidaygirl1225]

would u be mad at me if i asked shoka to join noelle for bea-very chilled............ another quest this month with our girls queen....???

MAUYN

[outbounds]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Mauyn / Mii, I answer to both!
ABOUT: A perpetually tired pigeon in PST who may or may not lob tagbacks at you at ??? o'clock in the morning, don't worry about it. I have approximate knowledge of a decent amount of fandoms! I also have a horrible tendency to ramble if set off, oopsies. If I'm taking my sweet time on a thread then feel free to give me a nudge and I can prioritize it! I will be finishing up with a short little murdergame I'm in after the 7th, so my pace should pick up around then! if you receive any belated backtags please don't mind or feel obligated but also, reaches for threads.
CONTACT: ellipsesinaction, or ask me for my discord, i don't bite!

EMMET

[outbounds]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Emmet
CANON: Pokemon B/W (2)
POKEMON: Hisuian Zoroark
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: wander over yonder

ABOUT:

Train conductor from the modern era of fictional New York City but two steps to the left because surprise, Pokémon have always been a thing in his world! Cheerful and Always Smiling. Can be somewhat blunt and to the point! A bit of an adrenaline junkie, maybe, if that's what we're calling being into battles as much as he is. Because if a battle is not serious, it is not fun! Surely the eternal grin matched with this kind of attitude on a spectral white ghost fox who sometimes can be a little overwhelming especially when he gets (over)excited will be fine.

Where he's from he's one of the two who should be running Unova's equivalent of the Battle Tower, except out of the subway because nothing says New York like making your morning commute PVP enabled. Here in the Bay, or now the newly christened skull death all that goth stuff etc etc Outpost, he mostly keeps himself busy with missions and training and helping people get used to the Pokémon thing if need be, when he's not keeping himself attached at the hip to his (previously very, very missing) brother Ingo.

PLANS:

Iiiii don't have a lot of concrete plans for this month? Get to know the surrounding area more, for sure, help his newly adopted recruited Archen friend to get adjusted to the Outpost, donate more shed to the 'keep explorers warm in the south/winter' initiative that Firoza seems to be single-handedly spearheading, keep up sparring with his regular partners (or make new ones)... those are all things on his docket ic, for sure, but ultimately the summer has been surprisingly chill for him compared to the months prior, outside some hiccups here and there. He has the usual thoughts and concerns in the back of his head about the coma thing, and even more about their collective situation here, but shhhh it's all okay, he's fine surely! surely. if you're firoza and got that psychic blast last month don't say anything.

If I'm feeling really nice to him I might let him get an electric move of some sort instead of just chatting to Laios and Siffrin about ones they might be able to do, because he probably deserves it. Buuuuut that's entirely contingent on me letting him have something nicer for himself than struggling with Hisuian Zoroark's resentment-and-malice-fueled signature move.

Quests wise, he'd be up for Scholastic Decisions, Bea-very Chilled, As a Corsol-ing River ... or, well, actually now that I'm reading through all of them, pretty much any of them. Stay active, you know. But he in particular will be very much interested in bodyguarding the scholars in pursuit of figuring out more about this place in general, and very much want to help Tynamo specifically for the Corsola rescue on account of a Tynamo having been his first partner back home. Bea-very Chilled and Shielding Questions he'd offer to help with just because he's better suited for the south on account of being a Hisuian variant, but I'm game to handwave or thread out any of these and/or the resource/Houndour quests once we see what the docket's looking like. If you want or need him for a quest anywhere, hmu!

ANYTHING ELSE:

his babies... local Zoroark offhandedly mentions missing some of his Pokemon from home, suddenly has his arms full of their pre-evos here—

[offtracks]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Lu
ABOUT: EST
CONTACT: lluosogrwydd

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Ingo
CANON: Pokemon: Legends Arceus
POKEMON: Hisuian Typhlosion
GUILD: Oran Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!

ABOUT:

Ingo is a Pokemon trainer from ye olde Meiji-era Sinnoh (formerly from New York City lmao), so he's always happy to help other characters with Pokemon stuff! He keeps himself busy doing missions, for the most part, and sort of trying to deal with the implications of his memory loss now that he's actually met his brother Emmet again.

PLANS:

Very interested in Toedally Missing and/or Bea-Very Chilled! Ingo is used to searching for missing people in the wilds as part of his job back in Hisui, but most missing Pokemon missions back in the Bay involved the ocean, so he hasn't done much of that here! Also generally open to No Pain No Grain for normal chill foraging time!

[bladeofnymeia]

Bea-very Chilled! Let's go hike in the snow to help!!!!

Archnemon - Digimon Adventure 02

[wovensecrets]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: sapphire
ABOUT: CST, thurs-sun is my typical work week if I get submerged but usually around in some capacity. mystery.
CONTACT: shadedwhite / discord - healingcircle

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Archnemon
CANON: Digimon Adventure 02
POKEMON: Hatenna (Spinarak on TDM)
GUILD: Cheri
INFO/PERMISSIONS: link

ABOUT:

Enigmatic Spinarak-turned Hattena who apparently does not introduce herself well. Surprisingly chatty when she's not having to just grab a nap in her recently acquired storage-chest-bed furniture item when coming into too strong a radius of strong emotions... you know, that migraine-o-meter, don't worry about it? (We won't question how we got that back over to the canopy, either, unless anyone wants to have helped -)

She's trying out this new "being encouraging" instead of "being bullying" mindset even if some people just end up being too trollable... either way, she's a workaholic who deflects a lot to avoid dealing with any of her own issues.

PLANS:

Most of the usual - continuing to build CR/following up on anything ongoing! After the previous exploration she does need a little time recovering due to the burns (and probably someone making sure she does take that rest-) Otherwise once she's better, she does tend to hover around the board areas at times to pick up quests to keep busy, if anyone doesn't mind the +1 psychic hat teaming along. She's still sorting out most of her limits, anyway, so most of what's out there is up for grabs.

ANYTHING ELSE:

Narciso Anasui | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

[dripdrive]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Pyra
ABOUT: An Australian researcher who is just incredibly tired. I love Pokemon, JJBA, FFXIV, Yugioh and Boueibu.
CONTACT: usagisimaginaryfriend

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Narciso Anasui
CANON: JJBA: Stone Ocean
POKEMON: Espathra
GUILD: Lum
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Permissions here!

ABOUT:

Anasui is a criminal from Florida, very much obsessed with a woman named Jolyne Cujoh, and all-around freak. He's also the resident tsundere, asshole, and all around problem for Bottlecap Bay. The fact he's as helpful as he is somehow remains a mystery (He sure as hell did punt the new Litwick recruit like a football). Despite making it to mid-tier housing, he will continue to bunk with Emporio like the menace he is.

He also wants you to know you have him to thank for the normal name for the lake and the forest, you're welcome.

PLANS:

I'd love Anasui to make some friends as well as enemies! I'd love to build up any relationships he's already made too, as much as I wanna interact with you if you haven't! Hit me up!

For quests, I think Anasui is doing Scholastic decisions with Emporio and Flowey (much to his chagrin), but everything else is fair game. Considering there are lots of solo team quests, I'm happy to do the repeatable ones like Shielding Questions, a Dour Struggle and No pain no grain! For the solos, I'll probably be looking at the other tops and seeing what I can help with!

ANYTHING ELSE:

Anasui @ his gf. PLEASE ask him about Jolyne
Also, if the quest board/name announcement board is how people find out his first name is Narciso, that will be so funny!!!

[friendlyflower]

flowey, learning his name: ok that tracks.

want to do a quest with him and emporio? i think it would be funny

Flamebringer || Arknights

[indifferentinferno]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Isa
ABOUT: I am maybe doing way too many things at once, but I am happy to be here! I'm a gamer and an artist and I love putting my little guys into situations, case and point how much I bully this man specifically. I've been watching an anime I hadn't seen before recently, which may or may not effect the TDM at all :) (we'll see given how tired I can get WHEEZE)
CONTACT: Pm me! Or you can ask for my discord!

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Flamebringer
CANON: Arknights
POKEMON: Absol
GUILD: Oran Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Permissions!

ABOUT:

This Sarkaz is an Ex-mercenary turned operator, working for Rhodes Island, the Pharmaceutical company looking for the final cure to Oripathy, and to save the world! No pressure. Also don't ask why a pharmaceutical company hires an army. Don't worry about it.

Flamebringer himself has been a Mercenary for a long time, joining Rhodes Island was an exercise in curiosity... And also maybe finding the answer to who's responsible for a great wrong he suffered through years ago... but for now he's just another Operator, going through the motions of helping with Catastrophe relief, and helping the infected. He himself has interesting views on life, and he has no issue letting people know how he feels about their choices. There's a softer side to him, but it might take chipping away at his exterior for a while to find it... or getting lucky.

So far he's adjusted as well as he can to Bottlecap bay. Things here aren't so different from back home- the biggest difference is that people are way chummier. He's annoyed about it, but he's letting it slide for now. He doesn't like how much mind muckery this place has brought about, and he's remained standofish from his guildmates and fellow pokemon...

PLANS:

So my mans here is VERY beat up from his expedition which was a very bad, very not good, very awful time for him HAHAHA. He's probably been in the clinic for the past ingame week or so- But he pretty quickly fist fought his way to return to his normal quarters. He's been totally reasonable about his workload ever since.... reasonable to him anyways. The medical staff (and Mighteyena) have been on his case enough that he can't push himself as far as he normally would- but all the same, should you be out here doing stuff dude??

So all that taken into account- I think he's going to try to participate in the Non Combat quests, since he's probably been banned from fighting. I'm down to put him on any of the missing person quests! Toedally Missing, Bea-Very chilled, or as a Corsol-ing river, I could totally slap him on one of these! As for the non limited quests he's only clear for No Pain no Grain, even if he still needs to take the work lightly...

ANYTHING ELSE: Look at this gorgeous skin I just got for him in game from the most recent Contingency Contract run. I'm SO happy I waited a YEAR for this.

[Sourced from the Arknights wiki]

[dripdrive]

That IS a gorgeous skin

'm probably doing it with laios, but do you want to join us for Corsoling down the river if bre is down with flamebringer? Im finding these two unchummy menaces really fun to play against each other

Black Leg Sanji 🌊 One Piece

[undeux_allblue]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Medli
ABOUT: Hello hello! I’m Medli! I’m a burnt out college graduate (Animation) and trying to recover working an unrelated part-time job and engage with fun hobbies: reading, writing, drawing, gaming, and RP ofc!! Uuuuh except job keeps knocking me down so that's fun. Scheduling issues SHOULD be resolved now but that's what they always say LMAO so uh. If I disappear at odd times I promise it's not personal, it's just. Work being stupid again.

Also Silksong came out and I'm sure many of us are having a normal one over that right?? Right??? I am bad at video games and love video games can you understand my suffering here-

CONTACT: PM this journal, MAYBE I’ll uh. Make a new plurk sometime. If there's interest in that. I can give out my discord in private if needed/wanted! I'm definitely more active on discord.

I’m CST timezone, and my replies are sporadic to slow, MAINLY because my job is also sporadic as far as schedule! It's a convention center. Don't really know what I got until a week before at best :V And it's draining...that said thanks y'all for your patience, I love this game group smmmm!!

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Black Leg Sanji
CANON: One Piece: immediately after Sabaody (so pre-timeskip, but only barely) (I do know his full backstory tho but spoilers are opt-out-able!)
POKEMON: Shiny Vulpix✨
GUILD: Oran Berries!
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Right here! Pardon the mess, the code did something weird interacting with my chosen journal style. Guess who still hasn't figured it out! Coding is hard ok-

ABOUT:

Sanji was a very talented, surly chef back in his world! He cooked delicious meals for the Strawhat Pirates, his captain the one he fully believes will be the King of the Pirates he claims he will be. But being turned into a small vulpix with no thumbs makes things kinda hard as far as cooking...not like it's stopping him though.

Sanji is very kind in that he wants to make sure everyone is fed and healthy, even if he's yelling you about it the whole time. Self sacrificial, flirty, very lacking in the self worth department, and likes to keep busy!! You've likely seen him hitting the markets asking about pokemon recipes and such, carrying ingredients, and throwing food together. Y'know. Things I meant to RP before work left me flattened on the floor <333

PLANS:

OKAY OKAY I will be more active this month. This is a threat. In order to do that and work with my own errr brainquirks, I will be dropping alot of older threads, please please feel free to ask me about them or handwave stuff! Sanji is a very energetic and scrappy critter, while I am not LMAO so it's very likely you've met him SOMEWHERE especially when it comes to eating, food gathering, or uh. Fire. Since he has Flash Fire. Really useful for a cook, that. Now if he had thumbs....instead, I think he'll work on harnessing fire moves? And perhaps training his tails to be able to hold basic tools, that'd be cool...

I'll still keep on with my quests I'm in, and I WILL be putting him on the TDM this time, even if he's a bit. Nerfed. Due to some oopsies on his quest with Flamebringer :'') He may or may not be moving around more than he should...

OH and I'm open to light quests but I think I gotta focus on finishing up the old ones I'm in before I thread one! Yea. Gotta mitigate somehow.

ANYTHING ELSE:


Source!

Lavvy | Siffrin... no, not that one, the other one

[followthescript]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Lavvy
ABOUT: I work at a pawn shop so my schedule is pretty erratic, but I'm mostly nocturnal in AST/Canada. I have a modest video game collection, enough plush that I had to buy a net, an entire shelf dedicated to my TCG bulk, and two cats. I run a Pokemon TCG League as part of my job, which is a cool thing to get paid to do ngl. Mostly I just plurk about RP, video games, and weird stuff I find on the internet tho.
CONTACT: BlueFlewFedUQueen, feel free to add me!

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Siffrin (ISAT Flavor)
CANON: In Stars And Time
POKEMON: Alolan Meowth
GUILD: Cheri
INFO/PERMISSIONS: tada!

ABOUT:

Forgetful rouge that was on quest to save the world, got stuck in a timeloop in the final stretch, and... now he's here! Currently having mixed feelings over the whole Pokemon world thing, but Siffrin (the other one) is also here, so that's good(?). Trying to make the best of things, and also not think about what his friends back home are doing so he doesn't explode from anxiety! It's fine! He's good at ignoring problems!!!

PLANS:

Siffrin is still awkwardly introducing themselves to people as Stardust and avoiding The Siftuation, BUT... now they have a way to HELP! By cheating!!! aka they are gonna be trying to do more quests this month to pad out Siffrin's point total. They don't know how to actually talk about their feelings or problems so they're just gonna secretly help their nametwin and maybe that'll make them feel normal.

They've also died... a lot...... so!!!! I will probably not toplevel on the TDM/event log, but do let me know if you want to have some spooky shenanigans with Nyafrin!

ANYTHING ELSE: